Car-window



jW. o. HICKS.

Car-Window. NQ. 224,778. ff

Patented Feb. 24,1880.

N. PETERS, FHOTO-LITHDGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED lSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

-WILLIAM C. HICKS, OF SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY.

CAR-WINDOW.

A SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,778, datedFebruary 24, 1880. Application led January 17, 1880. l

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. HIcKs, of the town` of Sum mit, State ofNew J ersey, have invented a new and useful Improvemeilt in`Gar-Windows; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description and specification ofthe same, reference being hadto the annexed drawings, making part thereof.

The object of my invention is to preventdust and cinders from enteringrailway-cars, and also to ventilate thc cars; and my invention consistsin certain combinations ot' detlectors with the ordinary car-windows nowin use.

` I 5 These combinations are set forth in the claims at the end of thisspecification.

In order that persons skilled in the art may make and use myimprovements, I will proceed to describe the construction which Iprezofer, and which is shown in the drawings, in

Which- Figure 1 is a front, elevation ofmy invention as it appears fromthe inside of the car S when ready for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical z 5cross'section ofthe same through the Window 0n the line y y, Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the side of the car just above thewindow, showing the top of the ordinary win.

dow-sash, the ordinary blind, and my pivoted 3o detlectors in a slidingframe.

` 3 5 frame of the Window arranged to hold the ordinary window B,so-that it can be slid up and downwivhen required', the latter beingprovided with a suitable catchrto hold it up. lI prefer that it, bearranged to stand at such an eleva- 4o tion that the top of thedeliectors D D may I just touchthe bottom of it and raise it slightlywhen they arethrown out, as seen atD, Fig. 4. A frame,E, is arrangedinside the window B,.an`d"`two deiiectors, D D are pivoted 'toitj 45,atH"H H H, so Athat they may be turned iu Vor out at anypdesi'red angle.When Athe ear isnnor-ingi a directionagainst thatiudicated by the arrow,Fig. 4, one window-deiiector,

D, maystand at the angle shown, and the other deliectolyD, may beclosed, as shown, or may stand open inward, if desired.

The dust andcinders will strike the deiiector D in the direction of thearrow, and be deected from entering the ear. At the same time a draftwill be created from the inside of the car S to the outside.'

The deiiectors D D are in a sliding frame, and may be thus raised out ofthe way, so that the ordinary,="window B may be put down and used toexclude all rain, snow, or cold when.

desired; but it is not necessary to have the deectors pivoted to aslide. They maybe pivoted to the'-` frame of the Window; but such pivotsmustl be so located that the deflectors may swing into the open spacemade by opening the Wint ow-that is, they must be pivoted inside theslfiding weathenwindow.

The operation of my window will be readily understood from what has beenalready described. When the ear is moving inthe direction of the arrow,Fig. 4, D is to befplaced at the angle hown for D in the iigure, and Dis to be close l or turned inward.

Having no fully described my improve ments, what claim as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

l. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of acar-window arranged to slide in a frame in the walls of a railway-carand tWo deectors pivoted in a frame arranged to slide before the saidwindow and inside the car, all constructed and arranged to operatesubstantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of acar-window arranged to slide in a frame in the walls of a railway-carand two detlectors pivoted in the frame inside the said window and oftheear, all constructed and arranged to operate in the manner and for thepurposes substantially as described.

WILLIAM c.. nicks.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. HIcKs, W. H. HICKS.

